Most of us can remember the first time we encountered a deck of playing cards. For me, a deck of playing cards evokes fond childhood memories of discovering magic and inspiring a love for design. These two influences came together in this deck design where the main design detail emerged from a photograph of an icicle morphed into a digital image that becomes a unique visual magical feature. Evoke Playing Cards features a clean modern design, wood grain background with hints

This deck was funded through a Kickstarter campaign https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playingcarddecks/circus-nostalgic-playing-cards-the-greatest-deck-o/description . Out of 2500 decks printed, 432 of them had red gilding added. The gilded decks have a plain gold seal instead of the numbered seal.

The iconic DMC ELITES are a unique collaboration between British magician Drummond Money-Coutts (star of National Geographic's CARD SHARK and BEYOND MAGIC WITH DMC, and of Netflix series DEATH BY MAGIC) and designer and magic creator Phill Smith. Over several years they have worked together to create the ultimate deck of cards for performing magic, and the DMC ELITES V5 is the latest and greatest expression of this undertaking. The DMC ELITES V5 cards feature the latest iteration of the unique Optical Marking System (OMS), a powerful ‘clear reader’ system designed specifically for the use of magicians and mentalists (as opposed to many decks designed for the gambling world). The OMS has an ingeniously hidden marking mechanic that is readable with extreme speed, at great range and even in poor light: It hides the value and suit of the card in plain sight with no decoding necessary - the back of the card literally says the value and the suit. Despite this, you can still comfortably hand the deck to a layman safe in the knowledge that that even the most critical observer would not even suspect, let alone detect, the secret markings. This fifth edition has taken the greatest leap yet and answered the wishes of so many hundreds of magicians over the years … by incorporating Juan Tamariz’s legendary MNEMONICA system into the deck! This unique blending of ‘marked deck’ and ‘stacked deck’ magic positions the DMC ELITES V5 clearly as one of the most devious and powerful weapons available today for both the amateur and professional card magician.